Publication in 2013
The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of ‘post-conflict’ and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analysing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army’s strategy for PCRD in Africa, which has been developed with the African Union’s 2006 Post-Conflict, Reconstruction and Development Needs Assessment Guide in mind. This book emanates from this plan. It therefore also explores South Africa’s policy imperatives to integrate development projects and peace missions, involving the military as well as civilian organisations.
This book seeks to ignite an understanding of the particular processes required to develop a sustainable and cohesive post-conflict peace-building strategy within the African environment.
About the editors
This UCT Press (2013) publication is edited by Theo Neethling, Professor and Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance, and Heidi Hudson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Africa Studies (CAS) at the University of the Free State.
Publications in 2005
One of the objectives of the 2004 colloquium was to ensure continued dialogue through the publication of abstracts and papers.
Presenters were invited to submit their papers as articles for peer review to the conference organisers to be published as a comprehensive collection of essays on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in a special edition of Indilinga (Vol 4, No 1 of 2005), African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, sub-titled A Cross-Pollination and Critique.
This publication once again afforded a multi-disciplinary view on indigenous knowledge systems from three broad perspectives, namely the Position of IKS in Research Theory and Contestation; the IKS Contribution from a Natural Sciences Perspective and IKS Applications to Education and Culture and brings together academic and scientific articles of excellence.